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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-02 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Shadow: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: June 06, 2017 |
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Bugs: #610804, #620510 |
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ID: 201706-02 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Shadow, the worst of which |
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might allow privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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Shadow is a set of tools to deal with user accounts. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-apps/shadow < 4.4-r2 >= 4.4-r2 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Shadow. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition, |
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gain privileges via crafted input, or SIGKILL arbitrary processes. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Shadow users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/shadow-4.4-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6252 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6252 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2017-2616 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2616 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |